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Mat gets comment notification. Mat replies, then realises he hasn’t looked at said commenters frontpage for a bit, so clicks the link commenter has left. Ends up here:
Mega site of Bible studies and information

Andrew? Better be careful with that url, some, um, interesting types have register blogPSot.com

Enterprising, innovative. Can’t design a website for shit, but, y’know, can’t have everything. Ye gods, if you’re going to go to the effort of trying to hijack bloggers like that, at least design a site that doesn’t make me want to scream at you, that’s worse than my first efforts, and I suck at web design…

Technorati tags: Andrew Bartlett, blogpsot, religious loons, very bad web design

At The Sharpener, Andrew has an interesting idea as to what could replace the Monarch as ceremonial head of state. This follow on from an excellent discussion at Robert Sharp’s a few weeks back, but rather than rehash my old posts, might as well simply link to them. Why I converted from Republicanism to constititutional monarchism, and why we need a constitutional convention to sort this, and all the other messes, out.

Why is it all the interesting stuff happens when I’ve been busy?

Technorati tagsearch: reform, Monarchy, Constitution

On the subject of the Lords as an accident waiting to happen, we have two interesting post. Garry Smith shows that the loans were probably not, really, on commercial terms, and were really donations in disguise.

In fact, the loans are actually only repayable six months after the lender specifically asks for them to be repaid. If the lender does not do so, the loan might conceivably never be repaid. It’s almost as if the terms of the loans have been specifically written so that they could be turned into donations at a later date.

In the meantime, Shaun Rolph has all the evidence pointing that Levy and Blair acted illegally if they did withhold details of the money to the elected party treasurer, Jack Dromey (via).

anyone who, with intent to deceive, concealed from Jack Dromey (i) the amount of any donation made to the party, or (ii) the person or body making such a donation, has committed a criminal offence.

It’s probably a good thing for tired Tony that he knows a few decent lawyers, right? When I wrote that post, I didn’t even think to dream he’d be out because he broke a law he himself wrote.

Technorati tagsearch: Blair, Levy, Dromey, party funding, corruption, NuLab